by Margot | Feb 18, 2011 | The Sower
I’m sad because I found out I’m disqualified from entering the LDS Storymakers 1st Chapter contest. I flunked the drug test. er. No, actually, there’s a rule I didn’t notice before: if you have a published book–or even a signed contract...
by Margot | Feb 7, 2011 | The Sower
My genius daughter made me a book cover for The So Called Novel. I love it overmuch. I know it’s cheating, but I’m going to have one–maybe two– copies printed. I got a coupon for a free copy when I entered ABNA, and then another for doing...
by Margot | Nov 11, 2010 | The Sower
Yesterday I spoke to a school class about being an author. I’ve long dreamed of doing this. I loved it. The teacher gave me up to an hour, I hoped I could fill 30 minutes, and I ended up running out of time. The kids actually seemed to be enjoying...
by Margot | Apr 27, 2010 | The Sower
I entered this contest a few months back. If you haven’t heard what this is, here’s a quick run-down: Amazon opens the contest until they receive 5,000 entries and then close it. To enter, you submit a pitch, a three-chapter excerpt, and the whole novel as...
